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| 7:00 - 7:30 AM |
Registration |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
Sponsored by Youth Forum |
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9:00-10:00 AM
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Vikasa (Indo-US ) Business Forum Inauguration |
Presiding over the Function
Inauguration of Indo-US business Forum
Chief Guest
Chief Guest
Guests of Honor
Invited Guests |
His Excellency Ronen Sen - Indian Ambassador to the United States (Bio)
B.S.Yadeyurappa - Honorable Dy, Chief Minister of Karnataka (Bio)
Sri Sri HH Ravi Shankar (Bio)
Chris Foster: Deputy Secretary, Science & Technology, MD (Bio)
M.P.Prakash - Honorable Minister (Home) - Karnataka (Bio)
Katta Subramanya Naidu - Honorable Minister (Large & Med Ind) - Karnataka (Bio)
Shivanand Naik - Honorable Minister (Small Scale Ind) Karnataka (Bio)
Robert L Ehrlich,Jr. (Bio)
Frank Lavin -Under Secretary, US Dept of Commerce (Bio)
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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Keynote |
Why Maryland for Business?
Why Karnataka for Business?
Chasing a Dream in the Land of Opportunities
Building and Leading a Successful Company |
Chris Foster: Deputy Secretary, Science & Technology, MD (Bio)
Sudhakar Rao: Principal Secretary to C. M. Karnataka (Bio)
Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande: – Sycamore Networks (Bio)
BV Jagadeesh: – GM VP Citrix Systems (Bio)
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| 11:00 - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 AM
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Plenary Session - 1 |
Trade and Investment Opportunities in US and India
Panel Chair: Anup Mishra:- Minister (Economic Affairs), Embassy of India |
K.M. Shivakumar: – Principal Secretary Commerce and Industry, Karnataka State (Bio)
Mahesh Kanumury (Bio)
Ms.Poornima Jairaj – Global Tele Ventures (Bio)
Dr.Abdul Quader Shaikh (Bio)
Shekhar Narasinhan (Bio)
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12:15 - 01:15 PM
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Plenary Session - 2 |
IPO, Mergers and Acquisition
Panel Chair: Dr.KRS Murthy – CEO CT Cubed (Bio) |
Harsha Agadi: - President and CEO Churches Fried Chicken, GHS Holdings (Bio)
Srinivas Srirangam: - CEO Jay Technologies. (Bio)
Frank Jones and Scott Freed: - M&A Attorney. (Bio)
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| 01:15 - 02:20 PM |
Lunch Break- Wyndham Hotel -Indian & Continental Lunch |
Luncheon Topic:
21st century Organization -The Google Story
Youth can be successful Entrepreneurs too. |
Shailesh Rao: – Google Inc (Bio)
Suhas Gopinath: - Founder and CEO Globals Inc (Bio) |
2:30 - 4:00 PM
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Information Technology - TRACK
Moderators : Vijay Kulkarni and Ananth
Healthcare & Biotechnology -TRACK
Moderators : Dr.Ashok Rattehalli and Dr. Somshekhar Bellary |
Challenges and Opportunities in Global Satellite Communications
Chills and Thrills of Going Global
IT Outsourcing: Current Trends & Future Outlook
Challenges and scope in Telemedicine
Medical Tourism – Destination India
CRO - Contract Research Organization - An exploding business opportunity for India and how to be prepared
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Ramu Potarazu: – Former COO Intelsat (Bio)
Sudha Dev: - IBM (Bio)
Varchasvi Shankar - CEO V2Soft Inc (Bio)
Sid Mookerji: - CEO SPI Portal (Bio)
Virender Kumar: Counselor (Space) Embassy of India (Bio)
I.M.Vittal Murthy:- Secretary - Tourism and Culture (Bio)
Lisa Castro: (Bio)
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2:30 - 4:00 PM
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Infrastrcucture TRACK
Moderators: S.R.S Prasad |
Green Technology in Construction
Global Construction Management
Global Franchiese in Construction
Panel Chair: K Jairaj – Commissioner, Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Bio) |
Prakash Banavar - Desbuild Inc (Bio)
Raj Setty - Setty and Associates (Bio)
CV Shashikumar (Bio)
Manju Kuppa (Bio)
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2:30 - 4:00 PM
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Industry and Finance Panel |
Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs
Challenges in Global Manufacturing.
Panel Chair: Dr V.S. Seshadri: Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India (Bio) |
INDUSTRY:
Dr.Raj Kumar Khatri- Comm Industrial Dev. (Bio)
Nag Manohar (Bio)
M.C Dinesh - Hon. Secretary KASSIA (Bio)
S S Patil - VP FKCCI (Bio)
Basavaraj Ullagaddi (Bio)
FINANCE:
V Umesh- MD, KSFC (Bio)
Ms. Pratima Ram - Head Us Operations - SBI (Bio)
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4:00 - 4:30 PM
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Legal Panel
Moderator: Amarnath Gowda |
Immigration Law
Employment Contract
Trademark and IP Law |
Sheela Murthy (Bio)
Cynthia Blake Sanders, Esq. (Speaker on Patent/Copyright and Trademark issues) (Bio)
Mark J. Swerdlin, Esq. (Speaker on Employment Law Issues dealing with Contracts, etc.) (Bio) |
4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Closing Ceremony |
Presenting Mementos and Closing Remarks |
By Honorable Ministers |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM |
Socializing |
Happy Hour - Cocktail - Networking |
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